Whitehorse Daily Star

February 9, 2011

• Cold Snap beckons filmmakers For anyone who has ever dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, this is your chance. It's a snap – a Cold Snap!
• The best of deer stew and braised beef We begin with deer stew in a thick red wine sauce served with a Cote Rotie from the Rhone Valley, France.
• A rose is a rose, right? Or is it? Ed. note: Respected northern gardening and greenhouse expert Ingrid Wilcox will bring her wisdom to the Star's pages every second Wednesday, beginning today.
• Club aims to empower young women and prevent violence The Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre is holding a Girl's Club, open to all girls ages 12 to 20 years old, until April 26.
• NDP questions police council's mandate The government is closer to establishing a police oversight council, the first recommendation from the review of policing in the Yukon released at the beginning of 2011.
• Shuttle service to be offered for Hockey Day Hockey fans wanting to make it out to all the Scotiabank Hockey Day In Canada events Saturday will have some help from the city,
• Governor General begins Yukon visit Members of city council will be among the many officials welcoming Governor General David Johnston and his wife, Sharon, to the Yukon today.
• Mom glad to help out kindly lodge owner On Saturday night, the Braeburn Lodge on the North Klondike Highway is full to bursting.
• City's plans for Black Street are greening up After months of controversy over the local improvement charge Black Street property owners will pay for road work, the city is continuing with its plans for the project.
• Disappointed Tagish musher calls it quits in Dawson City Tagish musher Michelle Phillips pulled out of the Yukon Quest.
• Neff burning Quest trail heading into Dawson City Hugh Neff might as well have been alone on the Yukon Quest trail for the last three days.
• Documentary on ship's sinking to air Thursday On Thursday evening, Yukoners and others across the country can relive the experience of one of their own when CBC's DocZone airs Abandon Ship: The Sinking of the S.V. Concordia.
• Yukon Party doesn't want Fraser on the floor The Yukon Party government yesterday quashed a last-ditch attempt by opposition benches to have Auditor General Sheila Fraser appear before the legislature's committee of the whole next Wednesday.
• Skier emerges from avalanche unhurt A Whitehorse man who was buried up to his neck after an avalanche on the White Pass summit last Saturday

February 8, 2011

• Senator Carstairs to give presentations in Whitehorse Manitoba Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs will visit Whitehorse Feb. 18-20 to share highlights of her recent reports on palliative care and aging.
• Mushers relish hosts' stew, cinnamon buns Two years ago, a devastating fire took out the workshed at McCabe Creek Farm.
• Land subdivision OKed in Hillcrest A Hillcrest woman can now officially purchase land from the property next door to her after city council approved the lot consolidation Jan. 31.
• Angels For A Cause Sam Bonar makes a snow angel last Friday at F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• Changes to city grants adopted Groups seeking city grants for recreational activities, special events or environment projects might notice some changes this year when they make their applications.
• Businessman proposes green housing project A local business owner is hoping his plans for an apartment building downtown would bring some much needed rental units to the market.
• Car, Truck Tangle A two-vehicle collision at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday between a Ford Focus car and a Northwestel Inc. Ford truck saw one person taken to Whitehorse General Hospital.
• ‘It's been a highway': Quest 300 victor Yukon musher Gerry Willomitzer has won the Quest 300 with 10 dogs who are all in good form to run Alaska's premier dog sled racing event next month.
• Quest front runners expected into Dawson soon The frontrunners of the Yukon Quest pack had organizers scrambling toward Dawson City a half day ahead of schedule, as Hans Gatt, Sebastian
• Death of ‘chocolate fairy' stunned local friends A Whitehorse memorial is being planned for a former Yukoner who was found murdered last Wednesday at her farm in Costa Rica.
• School council learned of delay through media Construction on the replacement for F.H. Collins Secondary School has been delayed a year, but Liberal Education critic Eric Fairclough isn't buying the government's excuses.

February 7, 2011

• The Big Moment Chris Collin carves the haggis before an enthusiastic audience on Jan. 29
• Several Quest mushers through Pelly Crossing checkpoint Hugh Neff blew out of the Pelly Crossing checkpoint just before 6:00 this morning, maintaining the lead he has held for
• Kinross moving ahead on exploration plans A major player among Canadian gold mining companies is moving ahead with a long-term, advanced exploration project in the White Gold District.
• Up, Up and Away Balloonists were in Whitehorse on Sunday.
• Start was cold, but mushers readied for water It was still dark as the Yukon Quest mushers gathered in the parking lot of Shipyards Park at 8:00 Saturday morning.
• Governor General, spouse to spend morning at college Yukon College staff and students are preparing to host Governor General David Johnston and his wife, Sharon, on Thursday morning.
• City reminds residents of sustainability efforts The city is giving itself a pat on the back for its sustainability efforts.
• Future Questers There was more than just dogs pulling sleds at the start of the 2011 Yukon Quest on Saturday in Whitehorse.
• Company explains mass purchase of claims tags When Golden Predator Corp. recently bought up all 70,000 tags required to register new mineral claims, it was very much a business decision, says the company president.
• Mitchell, minister spar over facility's location The government's strategy for dealing with chronic drunks in the downtown area drew poor reviews from Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell during the spring sitting's first question period last Thursday.
• Executive predicts a population explosion Bill Sheriff believes the Yukon's population will hit 200,000 to 250,000 in 10 or 15 years, and people need to start talking out it.
• Murdered woman had been in battles with poachers Kimberley Blackwell was a tough cookie.